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1 THE QTff. 12 PAGES to-day: L1NJ 1J 1 Not So Cold Trldav; MrniN UAKtU II HTI ItIAi. VOL. LXII1Y NO. 47.

KHIDAT MOllKIKG. rKHllUAHY 10. piaqE five cents; MAY GO TO FIGHT IN CHINA, THE GOVERNOR WANTS SUNDAY LAWS ENFORCED. TOAST SAILS CHOICE, UUnder Sealed Orders. If You Aren't a Camol, Drunk To Miss Alice (.

i Weston's Trip Connected the Sinister Message From the Capital City. Al the Farewell Dinner of Willi Far East How. Nicholas Longuorlli. ciwc: "FT TTT) 1 11-111) While Intimate Friends Were Looking Over Maiiv Handsome Presents at the White House The Congressman Was Busy With the Clerk. of the Hride-To-Ue Js Declared Satisfactory.

Influx of Rare arid Costly. Gifts Continues Floral Offerings To Be Sent.To the Hospitals. THE PRE-NUPTIAL DIARY. JMttKt-hruary IT. Time Vlilte lloune.

I Vliruary 1 Mlu Koosevell has deeidexl tAt send all floral Hilt to the Waalilngtou lios- pitaU anil charitable lnstltu- tioitav February 1 5 The brldeeuu-t lut oVciiknl to "defy supers! I- lion by having herself plvuto- graphs! In. hor bridal, go wo before th wVddlngJ l-'ebruary IIV- LegaUlona indm- liasvit lH.hoUt the flags' of (heir, nations on the day of Hi fVoruary lrldut 1Ckm? vclt ttend-d slag dluntM- iu honor Congressman Long worl li lo-nght. February 15 LHleat welding gifts rwtwivwil fmiude a dlu- uiond and pi-ajj pendant from l- the Kinperor of AtiMrU and a similar preeut from lreident' and Mm. Itooaevelt. fccroin.

niarTCB to tbs ssuciasa. i Washington. D.t?., February lj Representative Nicholas Longworth! accompanied l-y seven mrmbtri ofr his wedding- party, Rent to. the City Hall this afternoon and th. license authorising the wedding of Mr.

Longworth to Miss Alice Th -party reached the City Hall sru.iil after the office of the Clerk' of the Supreme fourt for the Iltrlot of Colunv-' had 'been cKwed for the day. but were lutmltted by Deputy Clerk William K. I.eni-loi.n, who waa waiting the comliiK of Mr worth, having- been apprised by tele-1-hone that he waa on hi way. A the members of the party alighted Jioin the two large automobile which had brought them to the City Hall, they appeared to be In a particularly happy frame t.r mind, and Mr. Ixmgworth made the b.iu of n.any Jel.

He was amlllng when l. led hi party'ito the Clerkr'a office, and 'rH'eeded ImmedlHtely to the marriage fu'ense counter. It waa not iieceiary for l.im to tell thu Clrrk Itla business, for that appnte-m. While hi "moral support" J.jsI behind liltn aprung Jukes at his rx-Ue voletnnly answered the quextlona lui to him by the Clerk behind the counter. 'Kidded: By Hi Friend.

"What are your Initials?" Mr. Long worth Tajs askedv "Nli-hola. he replied." "Hs initial's 'X. -olunteered an usher. name's 'Nicholas broke In 'another ther.

jnt write' It broke In another. BlUr. "Are you related to the lady you Intend to marry?" was the next question. "1 aiu not." "Neither of you baa been married before?" i -r" -Xo. sir." TTou understand.

Mr. JLonirwurth," apologised the 'clerk, "these questions are pretext bed by law, and 1 am compelled to ask them." Mr. lngworth assured the clerk that lie undemtyod that It waa a form that all luust" go thnougrh, in order to obtain permla-klousfrom the Government to enter into a ii.arrla,ge.ifti tract. Howwtr, the question ofcolor.k-hich la its ually asked of all a(plt4Mits. was not -lutjo the President's future aori-ln-la w.

Sir. Uovgworth told( the clerk that he waa Stt yekra of age and that 'illsa Roosevelt waaEL He gave hia place of residence) as Cincinnati. Ohio. then attached nia slg-nature to the application book, took the oath that the question bad been answered to the beat of bia and belief, and deposited. SI.

the fee required' by law. As he placed the license in his Inside breast pocket he thanked the clerk. The Utter wished him much, happiness in his new Ten-Cure, and Mr. lx'nawortb, said: "1 thank you Hatched Pennies. While Mr.

Long worth was busy answering the questions propounded by tb clerk the' members ol the party continued their joking. One of them suggested that he be I allowed tepayrfor the ik-nse. Another auggeated matching pennies, for the prlvi-; lege. This met with the approval of the crowd. After the pennies had been matched -four times, th odd man dropping out each it was found that Quincy Adams Hhaw, Jr had lost.

The loser laughingly pulled his purse from his pocket as If to pay, but did not Insist th pros- corsTiiruxD 01st Brcom pxoe. 3 I IS General Weston, it being- understood will be sent to China in case of anti-, Major General Wood, present commander of the troops in the Philippines, will probably be succeeded by Hajor that be will command the force that foreign NO TIGHTS For Susan Anthony. Lettrr For the Suffragist, Ki oueousI Snt To Albaush's Theater, Is Kemailed. PXC141. DisriTca to tmb fqoisia.

Haltltnore, February. 15. llla Susan U. Anthony, the famous woman auffratfiar, has reason to Xeel that almost every read-lng prtrsotinr Vnltet States at least has heard of her and "u't her perslKtent work fur her cause, lit an lm ldent thut occurred at Aluauah's Thetler that at least one Halt liTwrsa. did not read th prooeed-lngs of the' auffraglrit convention or elpe he 8ol Miss Ant fumy 'a name 'mixed-up with thu of some one else, Mis Anthony's1 headquarters were at Ihe- Lyric.

tu one of her -esereJIpoodant got locations mixed snul air.s's4 sv Jtjef-At er at Alba.ugh'a l'hatr, The' Jet tr to the box offlce, where It was received by "Johnnie" Mills, one of Manager Irwln'a factotums. Ten minutes later Irwin was in the office, when he saw "Johnnie" look at th addreaa on an-envelope, dip bis pen In Ink, write something across the letter and toss it to one side to be remailed. In a casual way Mr. Irwin picked up the envelope, and then neurly front his chair. The "letter was addressed to "Miss Susan B.

Anthony. Albaugh's Theater," und beneath it "Johnnie" had Inscribed in lartre letters. "Not In Wolf Hopper's Company." 'The letter In hia shape was remailed to Miss Anthony, who had left Baltimore. MOTHER And Daughter Lose Their Lives as the Result Deadly Open Grate HusbandSDied Last Week. rKiii.

ctsrkTc To Boonvllle. rtbruai'y ,15. While, standing in front of aKopen' grate in her home at Tennyson, WarrJiJKiJounty, the dress of Miss Uxxle Essthem. Vged.SU. became Ignited.

Hearinsftlte agonising cries of the young wonuin, Mrs-WUis Kaathem. to her daughter's assistance. In' her frenzy to smother the flamea that were consuming her child Mr. Eaathem's clothing also took fire. Before other assistance arrived the unfortunate woniei--were frightfully burned.

The daugTrteUled soon afterward, and the mother'e a'ufTerrngs were ended by death to-nlght. Last Friday Ellis Kasthem, husband and father the dead women, died of paralysis. SOMERSAULT Was Turned By the Anto and the Million aire's Chauffeur and Companion Were Injured. wi.l. ntlUtrl KB TWS INQCIUIC Import e.

February 13. George Reams, Chauffeur for 16rmeCocgresaiXo C. O. c4nn-" th ynillllonalre' bnd in'stnp nvent mknufaoturer Klkhart. 'and fra Neff.

a machinist, had a narrow escape from being; dashed to death. near her whll en route from Hkhart to Chicago, where they vera to ret Conn's new IT.iou automobile. Their machine was 'making 13 miles an hour whenth left front wheel struck a snowdrift and the auto Into a ditch at the side of the road, turning completely over and pinioning Reams underneath. I NefT was thrown SO feet and landed in a heap, He was adly bnplsed. Reams had several rib crushed and he sufferei other serious injuries.

He -will rtcftvirV ACCUSED OF FRATRICIDE. srcctAi. tinrttcs xas xxqctacal Bluefield, W. February 13. Robert Adkins was arrested her to-day charged with the murder of his brother -Chapman at Jaeger, Christmas Day.

Adkins states that he was a party to a light In which hia brother met death, hut says he did not do the stabbing. outbreaks. FRIEND -'--h Of Lawson in Prison Sent Tips To the Finaueier on the Markets -f Released on- Bail. rsctat. oieri-rXa To tsx rxgcinxa.

UalUmore, Md February 15. While the Baltimore dutectH poat a-authori ties ana tne unitea riai's re making every effort td ascertain all tney can regarding the antecedents of W. a prisoner la the lV'Klllott, at one time Baltimore city jail and nowreleased in S4, bOO ball for a hearing in the United State Court on th charge of using the mails fir fraudulent purposes, every whs has been Interested in th cao- be wandering1 what Influence Elliott hVr back of "hira. that he "hid "wt a business acqualn tance with meti wiho are prominently the fl tianclal 'and commercial world Is beyond doubt, for while he was a prisoner he cemmi hlcated with Thomaa the Boston One of his letters to Mr. Lawson was opened and read by Warden Hook.

in this letter Elliott recalled their ac quaintance, told the Boston financier that he was in prison and offered to give him certain Information regarding stocks if the Boston man wouLd assist him. In a few days Elliott receivj ed a reply from Lawson, who wrote that he knew what the character of the information was that Elliott pro- posed to give him but that at that time it for him to us. was not avairabl DEBUTANTES Object To the Physicians Inspecting Vaccination Marks That Are Not 6n the Arms. rsciAl. DiartTca Trt tbs axttcikia.

February 15. "Be vuc-th city." This was the Vwensuoro, Ky ciliated or leave order Issued by Health to-day. the Owensboro Board of doctor was sworn in aa a special policeman and given authority to make arrests of all peopl who wilt not comply 'with the vaccination laws. A cum-clans visited th public mltte of phys: schools to-day. atjd examined all of the students.

At the high school many of the girls rebelled against kn inspection. It Is understood 'that sooil several of the comely maidens Jto make their debut, and do not want thel vaccinated on arms scarred. They were he leg. The cause of the rebellion waa union suits, and many of them wore refused the request of the doctors to show! that they had been vac- clnated. ACCUSED V.

His Wife of Robbing Him and Then the Ohioan Was Shot Down By bis Sponse. firm niatircs to tbs stomas. Pomona. Cahf Febrpar 15. Stantx.

proprietor of thje Pad tic Hotel, was shot in neck, and rjioxtatly wounded night t- nis pretty oung who jused.a re-had been, to a theater and on baling horn quarreled with his wife. He her. it la said, of robbing him of Mrs. Stance Waa arretted. Slants and his wife ram br from Canton.

Ohio, a few months ago. domestic troubles culminated lt night, when Mrs. Slants wanted to got'e the theater. Bn took $30 and drove to Ontario to take a train, in tending, she itays. to leave her husband, hut became nervous about stay Ins alone and returned with th liveryman.

On being accused by Stents the quarrel ensued. CtjANGEABLE WEATHER Caused of the Brain, and Then the Child 'a Death. oisriTca To tbs sxciasa. Marion. Ohio.

February 15. Congestion of the brain and stiffening of the muscular cords, caused' by the frequent changes In the weather and making the assimilation of food impossible, resulted In two-year-old Thomas McAndrews dying of starvation this morning. The case was one of the moat peculiar and most pathetlo In local medical annsls. Major General May Sue- ceed Leonard Wood Should the Latter Be Sent To Fight in China. Another Vicious tack'on te Forein Missions Calculate(J To Add Fuel To the Eastern Flames.

FraiK isco, February IS. ruitetl StaH-K army Siiu -Tile transport sailed tv dav fhr Honolulu, Guam and the Philippines with 100 cabin pas-Keujrers, a few troops and 4,000 toua of military supplies. the passengers, were, Majot Generals llrooke and WestoV the latter going to Mu: nila under sealed orders. In army circles it is surmised that he may succeed General Leonard Wood, in case the latter should Ih ordered to China. ANOTHER ATTACK On a Forelg-n Mission and More Outrage Occur in China.

London. February lt The orrepondent al Hhangnal or ine sianuara letegrapn follows: "News has reached here, of another attack on a forelgt mission at Nanking, on the left bank of the Vang Ts Klang River. No kas of life Is reported. "An attempt was made here by a trusted Chinese servant to murder the Secretary of th Frenoh Munlchal Council while he was JasleepjTe attempt waa frustrated and fa assailant was arrested. "Many of the great -pravinclal Viceroys are displaying a marked anti-foreign attitude, which they would hardly 'dare to a Gnm a unless thev thought that PoMnr unnmved their conduct.

In th I foreign settlements of treaty ports effort are being made quietly to recover pj leges granted to foreigners. "In some Japan is believed to view the possibility of armed intervention being necessary with equanimity, sine It would provide her with occasion to obtain from China what she failed to exact from Russia. "In Shanghai two additional companies of volunteers are being raised. It is -reported that the Municipal Council favors strengthening the Sikh police force by 500 men. Unfortunately it is at this juncture that it has been "decided to reduce 'the British China squadron." GENERAL REVOLUTION In China Predicted By an yewitnes of the Shanghai Biota.

triciAt. sisrTca to tbs BNoriaca. San Francisco, February li. Reports of an uprising In the Sunning District, near Canton. China, -In which many people were killed, and of dispatch of two British gunboats to Canton, are brought by the oftlt-ers of the Doric.

They say the anil-American boycott there Is most rigid. C. K. Toung. a passenger on the Doric, saw the recent riots In Shanghai and predicts a general revolution.

REPORT CONFIRMED That Japs Will Purchase Pacific Mail Steamers. San Francisco, February 15. The Evening Post says that confirmation has been obtained of the report that an offer to purchase the Pacific Mall steamers Manchuria. Mongolia. Korea 'and Siberia, has been made by Toye Kixen Kalsha or Japanese Steamship Company.

It is said that when E. J. Harriman was In Japan recently overtures were made for the transfer of the vessels, and Manager Shiraahi, of the Japanese company. Is in London, endeavoring; to negotiate a loan with wblch to consummate the deal. EENBY'S IDEAS Washington.

February 15. Charles Den by. Ch'ef Clerk of the State-Department, appeared beflbrejhe subcommittee of the House Co Foreign Af- fairswhljHp is ejUMging the toftanyjhai ulTSTons of th CbinesCex-clugloV 'm Denby said he' thought it wouldCe bettero hare a new law regu-laUng th provisions of the exclusion act rather than to further modify the Depart ment -Oi Lommerc and Labor rales relat- lng to. the enforcement of the exclusion act- He said that a modification of th elusion act will result in a betterment of th present unsatisfactory trade conditions In China. In Ihe opinion of Mr.

Denbv, th present hostility in China against uie t'nited State Is a trade hostility and not of a personal nature. A PACIFIC BOYCOTT. wntt.ics to tst rttntt. Washington. February 15.

Reports received from Consuls In China by the State Department show that the antl-Amerlcan boycott is strictly confined to trade limits. There is no hint of violence. TO CRUSH THE BANDITS. London. February 16.

The Tribune's Peking correspondent telegraphs that Tuan Shi Kai. commander of the Chinese fore, ha moved an expedition of over 3.0iO men. with 24 gunaj from Paotlng to Chenchau against Cbiaeae-fcandita, i I III 11 III I iip I i -T --jm: HELD His Head Under Water After Breaking a. Hole in the Iec Sensational Suicide of F. B.

Avery, of Peoria. St. Louis. February 15. With the greatest deliberation- F.

B. Avery. Treasurer of th Avery Manufacturing Company, of Peoria, 11L, ain associate of Rev. G. B.

Summons, who recently killed himself, today committed suicide by breaking the ice on a small pond near Centervllie. six miles south of Eastj St, Louis, and holdlna" his head under water while he lay on the shore. Avery last night tried to commit suicide in a hotel at tairo. but was prevented and a guard had been placed over him. During the night 'ae escaped.

To-day the pas-sangers on a4 Illinois Central train that stopped at Centervllie noticed a man leave the train, walk toward a pond and lie down ne-r the edge after he had broken the Ice with his. foot. It was 'presumed 'he inv tended washing his hands, as he was stooping down when the train pulled but. The matter wss talked about on thetrain and when it reacTled here an inquiry was telegraphed back to Centervllie. which is merely a railroad station.

The agent replied that a man's dead body had jnst been found lying by the pond. Tardmaater Bennett Immediately secured a switch engine and went to Centervllie and examined the body. Tjwo notes were found in the pockets. "One1 was written on the back pf a receipt andj read: "To My Dear Wife: If I am found dead it Is not by my own tough gang haa me in bad. F.

R. ArsntT." Th other note was scribbled on the Inside of a sealed envelope addressed to J. B. Bartholomew, Peoria. 11L There was no nnrer inclosed, the words being, wrtt- 1 ten on the Inside of-phe envelope and-read: "I am going in the river, at St.

Louts, FVhriiarv 15. llSWo. K. Avert Kn undertaker's brought the body- to East St. Mui- A.

teJfram was sent -b Bartholomew a Peoria and he It i 4 Milan HO On tllV HtllllWID AtmtlUV thhody; Peoria. prepared shipment to yt Of Cigarettes la Portwood. the Young Kenttiekian, Who Died in the -St Louis Hospital srsciat. msrat0" xcaxa. St- Louis.

February lj-larence B. Portwood. aged 28. member of a wealthy Lawrenceburg (Ky.) family. lies dead at the City riospital cerebral hemorrhage, ausd by cigarette smoking.

Portwood was sent, to the hospital In an unconscious! state yesterday from a boarding house at 221 Locust street. The boarding house keeper. Mrs. Wilson, toid the polle she knew nothing of Portwood. never having- seen' h'm until th previous evening, when applied for a room.

In his Docket was found a receipt for 22. li.nurt BjDtilt a jro I recant treatment. Had To Mako Apology To the Reporter Who Wrote Up What the Whites in Chattanooga all Badgering CISPATCB TO TBS SKOCIBSS- Chattahooga, February 15. An encounter occurred to-day between W. A.

Schoolfield. County- Attorney of Hamilton County, and L. Covington, a representative of the Chattanooga Times, re-i suited in warrants being sworn out for the attorney Lnd later in a public apology to the newspaper man. The affair; occurred in the Criminal courtroom during Court and was the outgrowth of a publication made yesterday of the attorney's tactics in the 'cross-examination of a pretty; little girl, the victim of one of most cruel outrages ever committed in this section! Race feeling has been running high in Chattanooga for several weeks on account of a series of crimes committed by negroes. ScboolfleM 1 a Republican, and while engaged la the defense of a negro, charged with assault on a white orphan girl, so badgered the girl, it is alleged, as to incur public denunciation.

The newspaper man wrote up the affair and Schou.fleld this morning. It is alleged, made a violent attack upon the reporter. The subsequent apology of the lawyer has hot served to allay- the high feeling against the negroes and the methods used by some attorneys In the recent trial of assault cases. -i Ed Smith, the negror who was charged with attempted criminal a-ssa4jlt on the flfteen-year-old rrphan girt M4s jVIay Fletcher, was foJbd guilty by the' Jury tonight and sentenced to 14 years in the peM-tentiary. -i BULLET Fired By Hardeastle Broke the Neck of Hnber.

'Who Was Fonnd With Hia Wife. Houston. Texas. February 15. James tr.iv..rie in oil man of Humble, shot and killed J.

Huber. one of his employes, in the -corridor of a hotel her this afternoon. Mardcastl had sent hi wife to Houston to get her away from the al leged attentions of Huber. He came to Houston this morning and found his wife and Huber in a hotel. The husband found his wife! but soon after.a Huber entered the room.

Hardcastle shot him. de spite Mm. Hardcastles desperate struggle to prevent It. the bullet breaking Huber necfc Huber ran down the bail of hotel and fell dead la the preseno of cumber ef guest. In a strong interview bearing: official sanction Secretary Houclt made it known in Columbus yesterday that Governor Pattison ezpecta all Ohio Mayors religiously to enforce th lawa on Sunday closing-.

The illustration shows the Governor and the Mayor of the four large cities of the state. It is in the lsrge cities that the greatest opposition to Sunday cloe-, injc at present exists. WORSE Than Absolute Russia. The Readers So Deelare America To Be, and They Call Roosevelt "The Emperor." rrrciAL oimrrm to tbs xsorsias. New York.

February 15. Mr. Ella Rawl Reader, who came Into pjomliience in connection with the anto Dominion finances, arrived to-day 'from Panama with a promise of disclosures regarding William Nelson Cromwell and bia connection with Isthmian and West Indian" affairs. Mrs. Reader has been four months in Peru, where, it is said, sh now heads a copper mining company.

It wa rumored that her, return waa to testify before the Senate committee Investigating the Banto Domingo treaty, but thla she denied. "I am pleased to hear," she said, "that Mr. Wallace told the Investigating committee his opinion of William Xelson Cromwell. I could give an opinion of Mr. Cromwell, but no one would print-it, for- it would be so hot that th bearings of the presses would, be overheated.

Do. you said Mrs. Reader, don't know wsNijjrplansy will be in fact. l' don't Vnop the mighty powjfAwill let us land- I think th best way to "55 is to gstralght to -Ludlow Street Jail. Ther may want, as ww.

rw hap, however, the EmpeHr'at Washington might not allow us venW-iand. Who can teur Here Mr. In spit of hia wife's kicks, broke In to say that affairs had com to peas where It was almost as bad a in Russia- "Indeed." he said, "it seems to be Just ilk Russia." -i MOUNTED "MAUD And th Equln Promptly Planted Halloran on th Sidewalk. WK-UL ID III Itnl. Xew February 13.

Michael Hallo-ran weighs 3" pound and is' six feel on In -h tall. Is the biggest and strongest truck driver fen the upper West Side. To-d be climbed on the back'of hl favorite horse, Maud, and proceeded to comb Maud's man. When Halloran gave her mane an extra twist she. lifted her back and her heels and away Bew Halioran toward th roof of tli stable.

Tb big man landed on th sidewalk. At Flower Hospital It waa found his left arm was broken la two plaa' PRIC- Of Strawberries Are Up Since Gates With $40,000,000 Winnings on the Races Started To Eat Them in the Sovuth. t- DtSTlTCW TO TBS IIUCUUI Springs. February 15. John W.

Oatek. whvse turf speculations attention last summer, does pot Intend to visit the local race track any day during the protracted meeting except as a spectator. He haa made, this declaration several times since his arrival, and to-day snowed data to friends which he said had been carefully: compiled by his private secretary and laughingly declared thab'he waa "ahead! of the racing gam to such an amount that he was afraid he might lose some back were he to dabble in the betting end of the local game." The statistics were taken, he said, from newspaper report in New York and footed up over S4O.0O0.0u6 profits sine '-'When Baird was ruled Off fr his tide at Saratoga' I stood to win several thousands. I lost several thousands declared "th plunger. "That, wiV mybtggt bet of the eaoo." The Bssl Trust maariate howd hig good bumor ordering st raw-berri at what thought would figure about1 cjn apiece, be submitted to a hold-vfcof an extra cenfs for each berry blsyparty which amounted to gg worth together.

The berries) were tb first of Vh season's Importations and until Oatea showed his fondness for them were to had at about 1 cent per berry. BY A DREAM Engineer Hrr Was Warned and Escaped Death. srscux. SKaercw ts menu. Louisville, Ky.

February 15 W. X. Herr, th regular engineer of on of the L. and X. trains wrecked near Latonia Tuesday afternoon, quit work for tn rest of th month beca us he drum of tombston with th word "February" on it.

His subatUut. Peter Murphy, was killed, in th wreck. Herr will now reqprt for duty, believing that th danger of which waa warned in his dream is pasd. R. M.

Lockwood. tb baggage master injured in the sam was brought to bis home, 2466 Catalpa sueet. this city. Pa tison Order To ho Rulers of he Cities. Secretary Ilouck Interprets the (ioverhor's Hull To Include the Abolition of Sunday Baseball nd All Other Forms of Sabbath Pastimes.

The Law Shall Be Enforced No Matter Who's Hit. According To the Edict Issued in Columb'us. Tur TTTt nwTir'n Iiotrrnur- I'sIIImob's I'ritale K.H-rUirt Mr. Ilout )elrrlay not tried Uie Mayor list lila ir- der lu (ut ou'lim lid In OIUu 1 contalncHl In Ihe Outernur't Inaugural (ddiTM. Herr la the 1 11 order! "Kfrry alriMlc and' lionewt.

rltUen inuM ailniit dial all; tli( laws un lie slatuln InMike should obeyed aiid'enfon-nl. "What I say about lu and mfurremrnl of law la rt-Mc'ially applicable' to I tin Sunilay laws. "Tliry Hctv ruai tttl ly.llie iMkiiu of mi gem-rat I. ua lo advanci v' liiglier Uegrre 1irlilan It lliallon. Tlie tillage, t-oMitly, -om-niunily.

rily, state 'srudt lliat dlMtlM-ys III ditln) law of Its Haldialh, wlili'li make It a tlay of rest and vVondiip, fails to real- Jm Uj ea liiiiga and ixiiiimajids oi iiii' eeeM-eee an 11. tiartfi to i si skc in. Columbus. Ohio, yrltrastry 13 There-nee4 be no lor.gr ny question as to the the state administration upti lh quektlun of the enfui cement of the Hiuday laws. lt was unsaered o-day by cterretary Iwls K.

mho spoke alth the au-thorHy of tioverrtor Pattison. The Mayors of cities lit th" stat wiio hav ttrrn for sonie onVUI declaration from the CapJ Itul have no lougvr any. escuse fr delay; of Sftloii in pultlug'doan th lid. Uov ernor Pattison Is for the enforcement the laws. Apparently tm'does not deem that it is necessary 1 to Issue a proclamation' to that effect.

b'llHio duubt is left ss to'wher. he stands. Offlclally this was foreshadowed at th Llitcola banquet at Kenton last kuu. day night, when Secretary Ilouck railed upon all officials to do their duty fearlessly and upon Mayors to 'pui on Uie lid" In their respective mutiiclpall ties. If need be.

Without writing to Uu, ernor Paulson to ii.qulr what intend lo do, atvretaty Ilouck said, "th Governor intend regard his oath and enforce tb lew." Badg-er Sees Ho'uek. This speei creatvl (ate-wide Interest and caused Inulrltiiu pour In upon th Governor's office as to wiittnrr or r.ot th remarks were approved by the Chief Jsec-utive. To-day Mayor I. Badger, of this city, railed upon Stl-retary ll.mt at lb Capitol and had au hour' talk with bint upon ttils subject, the interview being form- ai and arranged. Mayor Badger aak'ed that the sentiment uttered by him st the Ken-ton dinner be more speftacally stated iox.

Ofder that there might no mitar In its meaning and purport. Last week Chief of Police O'Connor Issued 'a, drastic order to his subordinate inafructlng tbetn strictly to enforc the laws on the following Sunday. Afer a conferenc with Mayor Badger this order was suspended. A d-mand having been made by th rellgloj organisations of th city that it be put lnu execution next Sunday, It was therefore up to the Mayor to act. Upon putting his question to the Secretary bx received following response: "As a i a city general, proposition the Mayor It hould be 'end la.

quit abl 19 const rue and comprehend hia -oath ofy)f-fle correctly aa is a Oovernor, and should qually willing it' discharge tbe ob-ligtkyt assumed. As for Governor pattl son. his views In th premise ar wed known. Hi declaration on th subject obedience to and enforcement of law, during the jcampaigq. wer th simple expressions of th conclusions of a lifetime.

Th Governor la certainly juaUSed In Interpreting th result of th poll of Ohio as an emphatic indorsement of his views. Definition of Policy. "In his Inaugural address he reiterated them and every cltlsen and every official is referred to that document for an exact and apecin'edeflnttkrtvof his policy. Furthermore, the defeat 4 5" Ad.er bill by a vote of to in tn Hus of Representatives to-day. which meaaur sought Interfere with -th American Sabbath and existing Sunday laws, may be considered an accurate reflection of public sentiment on the subject and aa indorsement of th Oorernor's atvitud.

It la unnecessary to add that Governor Paulson's record' as a man and cltlsen clearly Indicates that he possesses th courage of hia conviction a Too peoie at ar now mere 1.

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